Toshiba announced a new line of notebooks running Windows 7. Among them, two new Satellite laptops will feature touch screens, the Satellite U505 Touch and Satellite M505 Touch models. More detailed info and specs on these touch models:

New Ways to InteractUsers now will have a new choice in ways to interact with their laptop, whether flicking through photos, shuffling files, browsing online or playing games, utilizing Windows Touch-enabled functionality. The new Satellite M505 Touch and Satellite U505 Touch laptops let users tap, drag-and-drop and scroll through files, Web pages and images.

To bring the new Windows Touch feature to life, Toshiba is also introducing new, innovative touch-ready software pre-installed exclusively on the new touch-enabled laptops, called Toshiba LifeSpace. LifeSpace consists of two applications designed to increase personal productivity in a unique and fun way:

? Bulletin Board ? Gives users fast access to day-to-day activities, tasks and projects in a simple, visual and fun way. Get creative when organizing projects with the ability to drag and drop photos, videos, links, documents and applications into one place. Personalize and organize the board by moving, rotating and resizing using gestures to fit personalized style. Bulletin Board also includes several built in gadgets such as labels, calendars, a clock and a to-do list.

? ReelTime ? Helps users easily find files based on when they were opened with a simple, fun visual history. With the flick of a finger, quickly scroll through automatically generated previews of documents, photos, videos and more, filter by file type or use the calendar to go back weeks or months.Features and specs available on the Toshiba Satellite M505 Touch (M505-S4990-T) laptop include:

Pricing and AvailabilityThe Satellite M505 Touch laptop ($949.99 MSRP) will be available on October 22 and Satellite U505 Touch laptop ($1,049.99 MSRP) will be available on November 1 at select retailers, as well as direct from Toshiba on toshibadirect.com